In a head to head match up, Cantwell leads 52 percent to 23 percent, the April survey found. Twenty-six percent of those queried were undecided. The poll of 405 registered voters in Washington state had a margin of error of 5 percentage points. In February, the poll found Cantwell ahead 55 percent to 25 percent, with 20 percent undecided.

When Aaron Dixon, Green Party candidate, is included in the April poll, Cantwell leads 47 percent to 25 percent, with 2 percent going for Dixon. Twenty-six percent were undecided.

Hmm. Other recent polls seem to show Cantwell with a lead of less than half that, so I’m not exactly sure what explains the discrepancy. If I get my hands on a copy, I’ll provide further analysis. (Hey… I’m always open to some wealthy benefactor buying me a subscription.)

Having thought about it, I’ve concluded the fact McGavick belongs to the same party as Dino Rossi might be a part of Insurance Mike’s credibility problem. Rossi kicked 40,000 kids off health care when he wrote the state budget.

Naturally, anyone smart enough to pull down $14 million a year for screwing his policyholders with the lowest claims-payout-to-premiums-collected ratio of all the hundreds of insurance companies doing business in our state can figure THAT out.

These Elway poll results simply don’t make any sense. It is bad enough to show Maria Cantwell with a 29 point lead over Mike McGavick, when Rasmussen and other pollsters have the lead around only 8 points.

But the change in results when Aaron Dixon was added to the poll really takes the cake. It is understandable for Cantwell’s numbers to drop, as some voters might choose Dixon instead of Cantwell.

But why would McGavick’s numbers increase by 2 points? If a voter has been given the choice between Cantwell and McGavick, many of them chose either Cantwell or undecided. Why would at least 2 percent from the Cantwell and undecided voters switch to McGavick, when the same question is asked again, with Dixon also being among the choices?

ROLL CALL reports: According to a letter sent by Officer Greg Baird, acting chairman of the USCP FOP, the wreck took place at approximately 2:45 a.m. Thursday when Kennedy’s car, operating with its running lights turned off, narrowly missed colliding with a Capitol Police cruiser and smashed into a security barricade at First and C streets Southeast.

“The driver exited the vehicle and he was observed to be staggering,” Baird’s letter states. Officers approached the driver, who “declared to them he was a Congressman and was late to a vote. The House had adjourned nearly three hours before this incident. It was Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy from Rhode Island.”

Baird wrote that Capitol Police Patrol Division units, who are trained in driving under the influence cases, were not allowed to perform basic field sobriety tests on the Congressman. Instead, two sergeants, who also responded to the accident, proceeded to confer with the Capitol Police watch commander on duty and then “ordered all of the Patrol Division Units to leave the scene and that they were taking over.”

A source tells the DRUDGE REPORT: “It was apparent that the driver was intoxicated (stumbling) and claimed he was in a hurry to make a vote.

“When it became apparent who it was, instead of processing a normal DWI, the watch commander had the Patrol units clear the scene. The commander allowed other building officials drive Kennedy home.”

This morning’s incident comes just over two weeks after Kennedy was involved in a car accident in Rhode Island.

I bet you that the obstructionist Democrats on the House Ethics Committee will keep this matter from being investigated, just like they have blocked all other ethics investigations for the last 17 months.

“Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation into an early-morning car crash involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), son of Sen. Ted Kennedy.” “The driver exited the vehicle and he was observed to be staggering,” Baird’s letter states. Officers approached the driver, who “declared to them he was a Congressman and was late to a vote. The House had adjourned nearly three hours before this incident. It was Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy from Rhode Island.”

Another Chappaquiddick incident but his time with no loss of life. It is interesting the how certain rich and famous can go beneath the law…….(like father like son) […………………………..Gee, What a fucking surprise!!]

Elway is usually pretty good with his polls. He knows the area much better than the nationals. He wouldn’t make a mistake of only having 15% independants like SV did in the last poll they were trumpeting over at U(sp).

And take out the 5-8% GOP bias in Rasmussen’s robo-poll and you basically have the same numbers as Elway. So the numbers seem consistant.

ROLL CALL reports: According to a letter sent by Officer Greg Baird, acting chairman of the USCP FOP, the wreck took place at approximately 2:45 a.m. Thursday when Kennedy’s car, operating with its running lights turned off, narrowly missed colliding with a Capitol Police cruiser and smashed into a security barricade at First and C streets Southeast.

“The driver exited the vehicle and he was observed to be staggering,” Baird’s letter states. Officers approached the driver, who “declared to them he was a Congressman and was late to a vote. The House had adjourned nearly three hours before this incident. It was Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy from Rhode Island.”

Baird wrote that Capitol Police Patrol Division units, who are trained in driving under the influence cases, were not allowed to perform basic field sobriety tests on the Congressman. Instead, two sergeants, who also responded to the accident, proceeded to confer with the Capitol Police watch commander on duty and then “ordered all of the Patrol Division Units to leave the scene and that they were taking over.”

A source tells the DRUDGE REPORT: “It was apparent that the driver was intoxicated (stumbling) and claimed he was in a hurry to make a vote.

“When it became apparent who it was, instead of processing a normal DWI, the watch commander had the Patrol units clear the scene. The commander allowed other building officials drive Kennedy home.”

This morning’s incident comes just over two weeks after Kennedy was involved in a car accident in Rhode Island.

“I was involved in a traffic accident last night at First and C Street SE near the U.S. Capitol,” Kennedy said in a written statement released by his office. “I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident. I will fully cooperate with the Capitol Police in whatever investigation they choose to undertake.”

Driving with one’s headlamps off at 0245, narrowly missing a cop, and crashing while making a U turn aren’t exactly the hallmarks of a sober, or even a skilled, driver. When the driver claims to be late for a vote in Congress three hours after adjournment for the night, even Officer Homer Simpson might get suspicious. When officers at the scene are prevented from performing field sobriety tests, and are hastily replaced by superiors who tell them to “leave the scene,” one might be forgiven for surmising that another worthless scoundrel was going to get away with it for the hundredth time.

Let’s replace all female flight attendants with some good-looking’ strippers! What the hell?

The attendants have gotten old and haggard-looking. They don’t even serve food anymore, so what’s the loss?

The strippers would double, triple, perhaps quadruple the alcohol consumption and get a “party atmosphere” going in the cabin. And, of course, every heterosexual businessman in this country would start flying again, hoping to see naked women. Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing naked women. Hijackings would come to a screeching halt and the airline industry would see record revenues.

Why the hell didn’t Bush think of this? Why do I still have to do everything myself?

1. 40% of all workers in L.A. County (L.A. County has 10 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. This was because they are predominantly illegal immigrants, working without a green card.

2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.

3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.

4. Over 2/3’s of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers.

From that perspective, it’s consistent. Voters know who Cantwell is, and she hovers around 50. McGavick hasn’t made many sales yet, and will have to bat a little over 1.000 to win the all-expenses-paid trip.

At this point, it looks like Mike! goes home with the set of steak knives.

Hey JDB, I’ve been to Aberdeen. [79-80]. Ate at the floating “JUMBO”. That would be as a Naval Officer. You know……….MILITARY SERVICE. Something Democrat libs dream about, but NEVER do. Ask Goldy. Regardless, the rest of your posts are shit.

Officers Claim Brass Interfered in Investigation of Rep. Kennedy Incident, ROLL CALL reports… MORE… Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation into an early-morning car crash involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.). According to a letter sent by Officer Greg Baird, acting chairman of the USCP FOP, the wreck took place at approximately 2:45 a.m. Thursday when Kennedy’s car, operating with its running lights turned off, narrowly missed colliding with a Capitol Police cruiser and smashed into a security barricade at First and C streets Southeast.

Let’s see I am so glad to hear the conservatives are suddenly interested in field sobriety tests and keeping the cops from providing special treatment for politicians. That means that they will no doubt call for the Texas police to re-open the case where the Vice President fucking SHOT somebody after having a few beers and didn’t even so much as have to TALK to a FUCKING cop!

Kennedy bumps a poll with his car and that’s serious? Dickless Cheney shoots an asshole and that’s no big deal! Do you fucking hypocrites teach your kids this shit?

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Rep. Kennedy in car accident near U.S. Capitol Son of Sen. Kennedy denies alcohol was involved, says he will cooperate

Updated: 7:54 p.m. ET May 4, 2006 WASHINGTON – Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had had no alcohol before the accident. Kennedy, D-R.I., addressed the issue after a spate of news reports. “I was involved in a traffic accident last night at First and C Street SE near the U.S. Capitol,” Kennedy said in a written statement released by his office. “I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident. I will fully cooperate with the Capitol Police in whatever investigation they choose to undertake.”

I don’t hate the rich. I don’t pity the poor. Both should abide by the laws of this country.

I know wrestling is fake and I don’t waste my time arguing about it.

I’ve never owned a slave, or was a slave, I didn’t wander forty years In the desert after getting chased out of Egypt. I haven’t burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you! So, shut up already.

I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson practices, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution. Can I get an AMEN on that one?

I think cops have the right to pull you over if you’re breaking the law, regardless of what color you are.

And, no, I don’t mind having my face shown on my drivers license. I think it’s good….. and I’m proud that “God” is written on my money. I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don’t want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.

I believe that it doesn’t take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents.

And what is going on with gas prices… again? Is it the political factor? or the greed factor? you can’t eat greed!!

If this makes me a BAD American, then yes, I’m a BAD American.

If you are a BAD American too, please forward this to everyone you know.

Mr. Carlin needs to meet my dad. He’s much, much nicer than Mr. Cynical, and funnier to boot. My dad is also a lot smarter than Klake, and doesn’t buy into the neo-Nazi stuff. Best of all, he buys me stuff!

Ignoring the sludge and getting back to topic, McGavick has not given a reason to vote for him, and Cantwell has not alienated enough folks to overcome the significant opposition to the Republican governing party. Why would any sane person want to perpetuate the Republican majority given the job they’ve done?

“I was involved in a traffic accident last night at First and C Street SE near the U.S. Capitol,” Kennedy said in a written statement released by his office. “I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident. I will fully cooperate with the Capitol Police in whatever investigation they choose to undertake.”

Huh…. First and C Street SE. Isnt that a bridge? If it isn’t it should be. Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Drudge? Isn’t he the guy who claimed KERRY had an AFFAIR with an INTERN? Other FALSE stories by Drudge included Kerry picked Hillary Clinton as his running mate, and Clinton adviser Sidney Blumenthal was a wife beater.

“Drudge styles himself as a maverick newsman without corporate bosses, demanding advertisers, or editors to influence his Report. Critics regard him as either careless, reckless, or malicious with stories that are sometimes inaccurate or heavily biased.

“He has been criticized by various media news personalities such as Dan Rather who called the Report a ‘rumor mill,’ Bill O’Reilly who twice called Drudge a ‘threat to democracy,’ and Keith Olbermann who referred to him as ‘an idiot with a modem.'” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drudge_Report

Well if Drudge is an “idiot with a modem,” what do you call someone who cites Drudge as a source? How about “idiot with a keyboard?”

Yeah right, Richard, the Democrats are blocking ethics investigations of corrupt Republican congressmen and the corrupt Bush administration. No wonder you couldn’t get elected attorney general, port commissioner, King County prosecutor, or dogcatcher.

“Roger Rubber Room Rabbit has no traction. Get a life Roger, or your own blog, you are inane boor here.” Commentby Danno— 5/4/06@ 4:41 pm

I’m a guest here. You’re a gate crasher. Your bitching about my posting is like an uninvited guest showing up for a wedding and complaining the groom kissed the bride before he did! You got a complaint, trollfuck, write it here [ ] and send it here ___.

Your point is well taken, K @ 48. Even in the fairly small town where I live there has been a dramatic balkanization of what simplistically be called the left. Activists have increasingly engaged in knock-down, drag-out, holier-than-thou battles that have the effect of splitting the vote (and making movement-wide cooperation much more difficult).

It’s quite frustrating, because logic often has very little to do with it. The dominant factor seems to be an increasingly strong need to bond with one’s pack. An activist group will do this by, for example, talking itself into a frenzy about how a left-leaning elected official has “gone to the dark side” because they voted wrong on an issue or two.

The right wing contributes to this trend with its white-and-black rhetoric. A lefty may strongly disagree with a specific view of a winger, yet unconsciously adopt their highly dualistic rhetorical techniques — which invariably get pointed at fellow lefties once an ideological inpurity is discovered.

Because of these dynamics, I don’t think that Cantwell supporters can talk Greens out of voting against her. Indeed, most efforts are likely to backfire (particularly when folks like Goldy get condescending). However, I wouldn’t worry too much about the Greens. They really blew it in their selection of a totally incompetent candidate.

The Malawian Government has outraged human rights groups by naming a road after Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and declaring him to be a “true African hero”. President Mugabe cut the ribbon on the road from Malawi to Mozambique, which has been called the Robert Mugabe Highway. The road was funded with money from the European Union, which has imposed sanctions on Mr Mugabe due to allegations of electoral fraud and violence. [Hmmmmmmm………………………………………………………………..Then I think Democrats Jesse Jackson and Tawana Brawley must be “heros”, too!!!]

A source tells the DRUDGE REPORT: “It was apparent that the driver was intoxicated (stumbling) and claimed he was in a hurry to make a vote. [AT 3 AM!!!!!!]

“When it became apparent who it was, instead of processing a normal DWI, the watch commander had the Patrol units clear the scene. The commander allowed other building officials drive Kennedy home.” [Libs: Always funny!!!!!!]

Have you hugged a terrorist lately? I know your sad about the Moussaoui verdict. So mad that you want to got to the nearest pizzaria and blow up some Jews. Poor little commies. Go ahead, hug a terrorist.

First of all, “Yo” is a contraction of “yahoo” (e.g., “trailer park yahoo”) and is properly spelled “Y’o.” Y’o, like Sharansky, can’t spell his own fucking name.

More importantly, Y’o is a deranged, out-of-control, shorted-out Robocall machine. That’s right, he’s a mechanical device. That’s why he (perhaps I shall call it “it”) types in ALL CAPS — because this particular machine doesn’t have a lower case font.

It doesn’t have a brain, either. It just types what it was programmed to type by a chimp working in a GOP boiler room.

Thank God little law maker & breaker Kennedy wasn’t sh*t faced, with a woman on a bridge over a pond. So, if Kennedy, he’s a liberal by the way and they never lie, right?… says he did not consume alcohol and the cocktail waitress now says he did, who’s lying? I know, I know…she must be lying…a vast right wing conspiracy…she’s a Bush operative for sure… The Kenndey’s are all good people. There is no evidence of WMD or DUI.

re 100: Right on , bro!! It’s not like he did something innocent — like got plastered and shot an old guy in the face with a shotgun — refused to be alcohol tested and then forced the old man to apologize for getting shot a few days later.

Let’s see, who else do we know who got drunk, wrecked a car and killed someone in the process. I remember! Laura Bush ! The un-elected executives wife. I think the un-elected Supreme Court appointed executive only got drunk and high on cocaine and wrecked a car — twice!!!

Even lefty hero, Connelly the Proud Commie manages to poop on target occasionally: Liberal Seattle does not speak for the state. Parts of Washington are firmly of “red state” America: In 2004, top-of-the-ticket Democrats lost every county east of the Cascade crest.

Stuart Elway is a Republican – or at least he used to be before the right wing nuts took over the party. His polls are typically on track.

McGavick doen’t have what it takes to close this huge gap. Let’s move on.

Even if he had any chance now – Doc Hasting’s tenure as “ethics” committee chair ought to be enough to drive away an adequate number of votes to GOP candidates. And they just keep digging.

The only way for McGavick to boost his numbers now is to go negative, which he says he won’t do. Karl Rove could do it for him – but only if McGavick can prove he’s worth the investment. And its clear right now that the GOP money will be better spent in other states where they have a chance.

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